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Tom McKinney presents Radio 3鈥檚 Breakfast show live from Salford. With birdsong, Bach Before 7 and the best in classical music. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

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Music Played

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Intermezzo (Cavalleria rusticana)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • 100 Best Relaxing Classics.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 17.

  • Donna McKevitt

    O vos (after Gesualdo's O vos omnes)

    Composer: Carlo Gesualdo. Choir: Marian Consort.
    • O Vos.
    • Delphian Records.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 68 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: 脕d谩m Fischer.
    • Brahms: Complete Symphonies.
    • HNH International.
    • 3.

  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne No 1

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Erato.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto No 2 (1st mvt, Allegro)

    Performer: Vadim Gluzman. Ensemble: COmpass REsonance. Conductor: Mina Gaji膰.
    • ONYX.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante Festivo

    Ensemble: Tempera Quartet.
    • Sibelius: String Quartet in B Flat / String Quartet in D Minor / Adagio in D Min.
    • BIS.
    • 105.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, Op.23 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Beatrice Rana. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Johann Heinrich Rolle

    Sinfonia in D major (1st mvt, Allegro)

    Orchestra: Cologne Academy. Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens.
    • Rolle: Sinfonias & Harpsichord Concertos.
    • CPO.
    • 101.

  • Jacques Widerkehr

    Quartet for oboe and strings in E minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Christopher Palameta. Ensemble: Notturna.
    • Le hautbois r茅volutionnaire.
    • Atma Classique.

  • Lili Boulanger

    Nocturne

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Merci.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Georges Bizet

    Le bal (Petite Suite from Jeux d'enfants)

    Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie.
    • Bizet : Symphony in C, Jeux d'Enfants, Roma.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Augusta Holm猫s

    La Nuit et l'amour (Ludus pro Patria) arr. Roland Pidoux

    Ensemble: Cello8. Director: Rapha毛l Pidoux.
    • Ode 脿 la nuit.
    • Mirare.
    • 2.

  • Norbert Burgm眉ller

    Symphony No 2 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Hofkapelle Stuttgart. Conductor: Frieder Bernius.
    • Burgm眉ller: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Carus.
    • 7.

  • Joseph Parry

    Myfanwy

    Choir: Morriston Orpheus Choir. Director: Alwyn Humphreys.
    • SAIN.

  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez (1st mvt)

    Performer: Xuefei Yang. Orchestra: Orquestra Simf貌nica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Conductor: Eije Oue.
    • Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez: Xuefei Yang.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

  • Fela Sowande

    Akinla (African Suite)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • Black Composer Series, Vol. 7: William Grant Still, Fela Sowande & George Walker.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Oliver Davis

    Biorhythms: I

    Performer: Kerenza Peacock. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Julian Kershaw.
    • Oliver Davis: Life.
    • Signum Records.
    • 4.

  • L茅o Delibes

    Mazurka (Copp茅lia)

    Orchestra: Orchestra Victoria. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • 颁辞辫辫茅濒颈补.
    • ABC Classic.
    • 4.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Flute Concerto no.1 in A minor Wq.166 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Leroy Anderson

    Fiddle-Faddle

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Anderson, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 - Piano Concerto in C Major / The Golden.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Marin Marais

    Les Voix humaines (Suite - book 2 no. 3 in D major)

    Music Arranger: Thomas Dunford. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • ERATO.

  • Richard Strauss

    Horn Concerto No 2 (3rd mvt, Rondo)

    Performer: Martin Owen. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Martin Owen Plays Strauss, Schumann & Weber.
    • Chandos.
    • 113.

  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Violin Concerto No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Paganini.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Erland Cooper

    Music For Growing Flowers - Live on In Tune

    Performer: Erland Cooper.

  • Frederick Loewe

    The Embassy Waltz (from 'My Fair Lady')

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Mauceri.
    • Decca.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 20 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Dejan Lazi膰. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jan Willem de Vriend.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 12, Rondo for Piano in D Major, K. 485.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 1.

  • Lucy Walker

    Give Me Your Stars

    Composer: Sara Teasdale. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • TWENTY.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Galop (from La Boutique fantasque)

    Conductor: John Neschling. Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Li猫ge.
    • Respighi: Orchestral Works.
    • BIS.
    • 211.

  • Nicola Matteis

    Preludio in D la sol r猫 (from Ayres for the Violin, Book 4)

    Ensemble: Duo Dorado.
    • Spice of Italy.
    • Chandos.
    • 101.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in B flat major, Op 23 No 2

    Performer: Anna Fedorova.
    • Anna Fedorova: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 1.
    • Channel Classics Records.
    • 7.

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